Justin Amash takes aim at John McCain

One of the Republican Party’s loudest congressional voices against military intervention in Syria, Rep. Justin Amash, took a shot at one the GOP’s leading pro-Syrian interventionists, Sen. John McCain.

On Tuesday night, the Michigan Republican retweeted a tweet from McCain from August 2009 that discussed meeting with former Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi.

Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his "ranch" in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man.

As Congress debates authorizing military force in Syria, many have compared the situation to Libya, where the U.S. conducted limited air strikes without congressional authorization, and Qadhafi was captured and killed by rebels.

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Amash has been outspoken in his criticism of military action, holding town halls across his district this week to discuss the issue. He tweeted that after hearing from about 400 constituents Tuesday, 95 percent were against action in Syria.

He told a Michigan news outlet that President Barack Obama has not presented a strong enough case or plan for Syria.

“I don’t think the American people are ready to go to war based on circumstantial evidence,” Amash told MLive.com. “The case for going to war is not that strong, in any event. … The issue has to remain whether this is in the interests of the United States to get involved. If we go there, are we going to cause more bloodshed or less? That’s not clear to me.”